The correct answer is B.
Hǎo lěng a!
Li Ming:好 冷 啊!
What a cold day!
Shìde. Míngtiān kěnéng huì xiàxuě.
Wang Li:是的。 明天 可能 会 下雪。
Yes. It might snow tomorrow.
This Chinese test aims to test your knowledge about the Chinese words 能 (néng) and 会 (huì). In English, the auxiliary verb “can” has different shades of meaning. For example, “I can speak Chinese.” is “我 会 说汉语。(Wǒ huì shuō hàn yǔ).” But the sentence “I cannot come tomorrow.” is “我明天 不能 来。(Wǒ míngtiān bùnéng lái.)” Let’s look at each one in detail.
1. 会 (huì)
Wǒ huì yóuyǒng.
我 会 游泳。
I can swim.
Wǒ māma huì zuòfàn.
我 妈妈 会 做饭。
My mom can cook.
Nǐ fàngxīn, míngtiān wǒ huì zhǔnshí lái.
你 放心, 明天 我 会 准时 来。
Don’t worry; I will come on time tomorrow.
Wǒ huì chǔlǐ zhè jiàn shì.
我 会 处理 这 件 事。
I will handle this issue.
2. 能 (néng)
Tā néng hē shípíng píjiǔ.
他 能 喝 十瓶 啤酒。
He can drink ten bottles of beer.
Tā de tuǐ hǎo le, yòu néng zǒulù le.
他 的 腿 好 了,又 能 走路 了。
His leg is recovered, he can walk again. (ability)
Wǒ néng jìnlai ma?
我 能 进来 吗?
May I come in?
Now, let’s look back at the conversation at the beginning. Li Ming and Wang Li are talking about today’s weather. Wang Li says that “明天可能会下雪 (Míngtiān kěnéng huì xiàxuě).” 会 (huì) takes on the meaning of “will.”